What changed
Dollar Tree, Inc. ($DLTR) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) are the Consumer Defensive pair: +20.6% and +20.5%, conf 72 and 70. Both get earnings-yield support. $DLTR has short interest down and 60d vol up. $MKC has short interest up and P/E support. Different setups.
Globe Life Inc. ($GL) and Lockheed Martin Corporation ($LMT) both rank on short interest plus earnings yield: +17.2% and +17.0%, conf 71 and 72. $GL adds illiquidity. $LMT gets a liquidity tailwind. Financial Services and Industrials in the same signal is odd, that is the cross-sector tell.
Carnival Corporation Ltd. ($CCL) and Lennar Corporation ($LEN) are the cyclical tail: +16.9% and +16.0%, conf 72 and 71. Both run on short interest plus earnings yield, both add 60d volatility. Consumer Cyclical is crowded here. Good signal if credit holds, bad signal if it does not.
Simon Property Group, Inc. ($SPG) and BNY ($BNY) are the less obvious tail: +15.5% and +15.4%, conf 72 and 71. $SPG adds 12mo momentum to short
Why it matters
Dollar Tree, Inc. ($DLTR) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) are the Consumer Defensive pair: +20.6% and +20.5%, conf 72 and 70. Both get earnings-yield support. $DLTR has short interest dow